The tape is recorded by Ad Delleman. It is in a blue Philips EL 3953 DP postal box and on a Philips spool, 8cm. It is a recording of New Year’s Eve in Genjem. Side A starts with the sounds of sporadic fireworks, comments by Ad Delleman and the sounds of a drum and flute orchestras, singing, cheering and shouting, more comments and after 21’19 he talks in Bahasa with a lady who sells ethnographica. The people are going to the church because it rains but Delleman stays near a fire and talks to the people. Side B starts with a broadcast of RONG Biak, a programme on Dixieland and New Orleans jazz. Languages Bahasa and Dutch.
The digitised tape is part of the audio collection of the foundation PACE Papua Cultural Inheritance. For more information or any messages or correspondence contact huublems81@gmail.com or srgales@ziggo.nl

Side A is 30’40 and Side B is 29’33

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